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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) plans to set up a company in the government sector to manage it's 500 MW reactor coming up at Kalpakkam. The unit will feature the first fast breeder reactor in the country. The company proposed to be set up under the Department of Atomic Energy will manage the unit, which will use the technology developed and tested at the fast breeder test reactor in Kalpakkam. The two existing reactors at Kalpakkam produce 165 MW each.

Swap Cirus for Kalpakkam The week-end Indo-US talks on a resumption of nuclear supplies ran into difficulties over India's separation of defence and civilian nuclear facilities. Under the Bush-Manmohan agreement of 2005, international inspectors will be able to monitor civilian facilities but not defence ones. Inspection is necessary to demonstrate that supplies to civilian facilities from the Nuclear Suppliers' Group are not being diverted to defence uses.

The government on Tuesday allayed fears of any radiation leak from the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, but confirmed the plant had been shut down. The shutdown is to facilitate draining of seawater that entered the complex after Sunday's tsunami lashed India's east coast. The nuclear power station is safe and there is no concern with regard to radiation release, a senior government official said. Anil Kakodkar, chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and secretary, department of atomic energy, told visiting media persons at Kalpakkam on Tuesday, "Both units of MAPS are in a safe shut-down state and there is absolutely no issue related to radiation as a result of this incident.

CHENNAI: The electrical projects division of BGR Energy Systems Ltd has secured a Rs 27.14 crore contract from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd to implement a 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) Project for Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd at Kalpakkam near here. The contract will be completed in 12 months, a company press release said today. The scope of the contract includes supply of complete 415 V MCC Panels and associated Automation Systems for the 500 MW Plant.

NEW DELHI: Sekhar Basu , who played a key role in the development of atomic reactor for India's indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant, today took charge as director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). An alumnus of the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI), the 59-year-old Basu was also the project director of the Plutonium Recycling Project at Kalpakkam, which built the country's first indigenous Pressurised Water Reactor which is powered by enriched uranium.

NEW DELHI: Railways plans to induct high power locomotives to carry more goods at higher speed as part of its technological upgrading programme. According to the plan, the national transporter has produced the prototype 5500 horsepower (HP) diesel locomotives which are already running as a pilot project in North Central Railway. Known as 5500 HP WDG5, the high power locomotive is being developed by Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) at Varanasi, a production unit of Railways. There will be more such high power locomotives manufactured at the DLW in future, said a senior Railway Ministry official.

CHENNAI: The second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam near here tripped today, forcing authorities to cold shutdown the reactor. "The Unit-2 of Madras Atomic Power Station was operating at 110 MWe. At about 7.20 AM today the Unit had tripped due to fault in the generator transformer high voltage bushing. Hence, the reactor was brought to cold shutdown state," MAPS Station Director T J Kotteeswaran said. The reason for the fault was being investigated, he said in a statement here, adding unit I was operating normally at 170 MWe.

NEW DELHI: India plans to commission the first-of-its-kind Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) early next year, kickstarting the second stage of its nuclear programme. The 500 MWe reactor, being developed by the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu , uses a unique mix of uranium and plutonium which significantly enhances the capability to generate electricity per tonne of fuel utilised. The indigenously-developed PFBR is at an advanced stage of construction under the aegis of state-owned Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam (BHAVINI)

CHENNAI: The resumption of operation of 110 MWe second unit of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam near here, shut down after it tripped, would take at least a month, a senior official said today. Authorities were forced to 'cold shutdown' the reactor after it tripped yesterday following a fault in the generator transformer high voltage bushing. "Work is on since yesterday morning to check whether fault is outside the transformer or inside. The unit can be restarted if it is an outside fault.

CHENNAI: The resumption of operation of 110 MWe second unit of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam near here, shut down after it tripped, would take at least a month, a senior official said today. Authorities were forced to 'cold shutdown' the reactor after it tripped yesterday following a fault in the generator transformer high voltage bushing. "Work is on since yesterday morning to check whether fault is outside the transformer or inside. The unit can be restarted if it is an outside fault.